Improvement in paper glove-bands



w. P. VROOMAN.

PAPER GLOVE-BAND. No.177,66 9. Patented May 23,1816.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM P. VROOMAN, OF JOHNSTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MATHEWBEAROROFT, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER GLOVE-BANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,669. dated May 23,1876; application filed September 11, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WM. P. VROOMAN, of Johnstown, in the county ofFulton and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Paper Bands and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The subject of my invention is a paper glove-band constructed, as fullydescribed hereafter, to dispense with the usual supplementary fasteningdevices.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the ends of theimproved band united; Fig. 2, a plan view of one end; and Fig. 3, alongitudinal central section of Fig. 2, enlarged.

The band consists of a strip of paper long enough for the ends to welloverlap when folded round the gloves. In place of the usualsupplementary devices for uniting the ends of the band, I make the wholeof paper by so cutting and indenting the strip near the ends as to formlips or catches d with abrupt edges or shoulders, the shoulders of thelips on one end of the band engaging with the shoulders or entering therecesses at the other end of the band, thus securing the ends togetherwithout prer'enting them from beingreadily detached.

By making a series of lips at equal distances apart the band may betightened or loosened according to the bulk of the bundle round which itis Wrapped.

In order to impart the desired stiflness and rigidity to the lips, Ihave found it desirable to construct them as shown in the drawingthatis, by cutting a transverse V- shaped slit in the band, and then bendingthe paper hehind the slit outward, forming inclined faces or sides,which brace and support the tongue.

It will be seen that by forming the retaining devices out of the banditself the supplemental fastenings are dispensed-With, and a muchcheaper and quite as serviceable an article is secured.

I am aware that metal bands have been provided with tongues and recessesfor securing the overlapping ends, and I make no claim to such mode offastening; but I am not aware that, prior to my invention, any one hasmade a paper band capable of being secured without the aid ofsupplementary fastening devices.

I claim- An improved paper glove-band, consisting of a continuous stripcut to form a series of tongues, d, near one end, and a series of slitsnear the other, the whole constituting a new article of manufacture.

WM. P. VROOMAN. Witnesses:

J. W. LATOHER, '1. J S ITH.

